#55DBC9#55DBC9

#55DBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.119 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DBC9
RGB	rgb(85, 219, 201)
HSL	hsl(172, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 8.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -40.61, -2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 40.66, 182.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.1191 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.119 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6156, 56.8072, 64.1241)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DBC9 #DB5567

analogous

#55DB86 #55DBC9 #55AADB

triadic

#55DBC9 #C955DB #DBC955

tetradic

#55DBC9 #8655DB #DB5567 #AADB55

square

#55DBC9 #8655DB #DB5567 #AADB55

split-complementary

#55DBC9 #DB55AA #DB8655

monochromatic

#209686 #2AC8B3 #55DBC9 #88E6D9 #BAF0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55DBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#55DBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DBC9

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DBC9	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 219, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.119 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7d9',
    500: '#55dbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dbc9;
$custom-light: #93e7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.94,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81334,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DBC9

secondary

#9A3A47

accent

#4056E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DBC9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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